Pre-operative autologous blood donations. A five-year experience in Trinidad and Tobago.
West Indian Med J
; 44(3): 91-2, 1995 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8560886
A pre-operative autologous blood donation programme was started in 1988 and made available to all doctors offering elective surgical procedures. Two hundred and seventy-seven (277) patients presented for autologous donation over a five-year period. Nine point four per cent were rejected because of low haemoglobin ( < 10.5 g/dl). The single biggest user of the programme was the Princess Elizabeth Hospital for handicapped persons. Patients undergoing orthopaedic procedures gave 50% of the donations, and ranged in age from 10 to 73 years. The oldest donor was a 73-year-old man who had an abdominal aortic aneurysm replaced. Gynaecological surgeons in the public and private sectors together provided 43.9% of donors, 3.6% of these underwent elective Caesarean Section, each donating one unit of blood at 36 weeks. Patients undergoing general surgical procedures comprised 10.4% of donors. Autologous donors contributed 1.3% of the total number of donations over this period.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doadores de Sangue
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Transfusão de Sangue Autóloga
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Cuidados Pré-Operatórios
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian Med J
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Jamaica